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my "SANTA CLAUS" fly 2/0

tied by geraldsherbrook
Fly Type: Salmon Flies,
Target Species: General Salmon,
Recommended Region: General Europe,
Imitation: General Baitfish,
Material List*:
blind eye salmon hook 2/0 limerick bend - tip gold tinsel - tag red floss ribbed with white floss - tail peacock sword fibers - butt red ostrich - body in three parts silver oval butted with red ostrich - troath red and white hackles - wing red/white turkey 2/2/15/3/3 - sides green peacock...and a nice snow ball white head to finish off....MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Tying Instructions: put the hook in the vice...

Other Flies Tied by geraldsherbrook

A handfull of "PARTRIDGE AND ORANGE's" (slight variants) on a n° 14 hook	A handfull of "SNIPE AND PURPLE" spider(ish) flies	A handfull of "GROUSE AND GREEN" spider(ish) flies on n° 14 hooks
A handful of "RUSTY BROWN" spider(ish) flies	A different 'duo' of "CLOUDS IN THE SKY" freestyle wets on n° 8 hooks	A freestyle wetfly ...A "FATA MORGANA" on a n° 8 hook
A freestyle mix between a normal wet and 'mini MOMish' styled wet fly ...a "MELTING GOLD" on a n°8 h	A "SILVER AND GREY" (Blacker's dozen) on a 2/0 hook	A freestyle wet ...a "GREENEDGE" on a n° hook (inspiration found on pro cycling team 'Greenedge')
A 'miniMOMish' ..." WIDGEON" on a n° 8 hook (freestyle mini MOM)	A duo of Finnish "TENO's n° 10" ...Teno serie by Erkki VAALAMA on 2/0 lenghtned hooks	A freestyle "ROADKILL" on a n° 8 hook
A freestyle salmon fly "LORE" (named after my daughters first born baby on 01.05.2012)	A "GOLDEN BLUE" on a 2/0 lenghtned Limerick hook (William Murdoch - out of the fishinggazette 1891 !	a freestyle wet "LA VIE EN ROSE"
A freestyle "BLOODHOUND" and "TROIS DENTS"	A freestyle wet ...A "JEWELBEWL"	A "BLUE LIMERICK" 1/0 (Pryce Tannatt) 'How to Dress Salmon Flies
A "BLUE JOKE" 3/0 Terry Griffiths out of 1977 edition Pryce Tannat 'How to tie Salmon Flies'	A duo of small "SKIN-THE-GOAT's" - Irish pattern out of TED MALONE his bestseller book (Irish Trout	A 'natural' "SUPER GIRL" on a n° 8 wet fly hook - freestyle
"LE VELO GRISE"	A "EASTER GREBE MOM" fly - freestyle MOM inspired by the grebe and her colors on a 1/0 hook	a 'trio' of "OLIVEANDGREY's" - freestyle natural wet flies (two on a n° 8 hook and one tinny wee 'on
the "SKIRMISHER" on a 1/0 hook (Kelson) a fly for the river Tweed, Usk, Earn and DON (beloved river	A freestyle "DAFFODIL" wet fly on a n° 8 hook	a tinny wee "SIR RICHARD" on a n° 6 fishing hook
A William Blacker fly : the "RIVER THURSO n° 3" on a 1/0 hook	A "CASE RED" freestyle wet fly on a n° hook	The "SPIRIT FLY n° 3" by William Blacker on a 3/0 hook
A "BLACK AND CLARET" (Irish) out of Ted Malone's his bestseller book on a 1/0 hook	a 'duo' of William Blackers 'for the FINDHORN n° 5" on 1/0 hooks	A 'trio' of "SUNNY LEAFS"...freestyle wets on n° 8 hooks
A "SAINT IN GREEN" for St.Patricks day - freestyle wet on a n° 8 hook	a "PARTRIDGESOFTIE" on a n° 8 hook	A freestyle "SNOWGREEN" wet fly on a n° 8 hook
A couple of different "ABE MUNN's" salmon flies out of Joseph D. BATES his book	A 'duo' of "LADIES OF THE STREAM" wetfly for European grayling on a n° 8	A "WARM SORRY EXPLOSION 2.1.1.2 " freestyle wet on n° 8 hook
A Irish "BLACK AND MIXED" on 1/0 Limerick hook (out of Malone his book p. 192)	A "RORY" (Maxwell) on a 8/0 hook	a "GREY MONKEY" (Malone)
A William Blacker "N° 8" (Popham(ish))	"TRIO OF BUSTARD AND COPPER's" freestyle	A "BELGIUM GRUB" after Alfred GOFIN anno 1908 !
"PEACOCKGREEN n° 2"	"PEACOCKGREEN N °1"	"FLOWERS"
A "PAINFUL"	"TROUT FIN" streamer n° 2 hook 8 times long	"TROUT FIN" streamer n° 2 hook 8 times long
"LUMBAGOANDLFLU"	'TRIO OF HOLBERTON's' (Bergman classic pattern)	A "VULCANO" freestyle wet fly on a n° 8 hook
A "TRARBEN" freestyle wet on a n° 8 hook	A "BROWN PARTRIDGE" MOM on a 1/0 hook	SILVER SECRETARY (Sir Herbert Maxwell) on a 4/0 hook
A duo of Norvegian "PEER GYNT's" on a 4/0 Emerald Isles hook by Ronn LUCAS	A "OLDSORTSOFGOLDANDDUCK"	A handfull of "COPPERS"
A duo of "BROWN DOGS" (by Hardy and Kelson - Dr. Watson) on a 3/0 hook	my CHRISTMAS FLY 2011	A "MACAWPOTPORRIEYELLOWANDGREYGOOSE" on a n° 8 hook
A 'WOODDUCKOSTRICHANDGREYGOOSE" last freestyle wet 2011 on a n° 8 hook	A "BLACKANDREDWETAMHERST" freestyle wet on a n° 8 hook	A freestyle "GREYGOOSEHERONANDGREENPARROT" on a n° 8 hook
A Irish "GREY THUNDER" (E.J. MALONE) on a 3/0 Noble DS	A classic "ALEXANDRA" (Price Tannat version) on a antique double hook	A "BLACK WASP" (JJ HARDY) on a 3/0 a 4/0 hook - another PRIMEUR !
A "SULPHER ORANGE TEAL SILVER AND GOOSE" (freestyle) on a n° 8 hook ...'chuffed and pleased'	A '"COLLYER's BLUE" (David J. COLLYER) on a 3/0 hook (out of the book FLYDRESSING 1975)	A freestyle "GREYGOOSEPARTRIDGEANDPEACOCK" on a n° 8 hook
A finnish 'one' ..."TENO n° 8" (out of the famous TENO series) on a lenghtned 1/0	A "GREYGOOSEandKORI" on a n° 8 hook	'A real primeur' this week : a "DUNCAN GREY" (out of the ALEX MARTIN catalogue 1920) on 3/0 'Brittan
A "GOOSEPLOVERGOLDANDGREEN" freestyle WET fly on a n° 8 hook	A 'DUO' of "MAJOR's RED's" (Malone via E.C Heaney) on a 1/0 a 2/0	A 'duo' of "OCTOBERTESTWETS" freestyle on a n° 8 hook
A 'freestyle' "OCTOBERTEST" on a golden Alec Jackson hook	A simple "BLUE MOHAIR" freestyle wet on a n° 8 hook	a Awesome ??? BLACKER "N° 6 for the river AWE" on a 1/0 a 2/0 hook
A "HOTSPOTRIVERTEST" freestyle wet on n° 8 hook	A strangelooking 'PARTRIDGEandPHEASANT" on n° 8 wetfly hook (freestyle)	A Irish "PURPLE BODY" 1/0 a 2/0 (out of MALONE's his book)
at least a "BITOFCOPPER" freestyle wet on a n° 8 hook	'A new charming 2011' classic"BLUE CHARM" on a antique double hook	A 'tinny & little' "PARROT AND PEACOCK" MOM styled fly on a n° 8 hook
the "BENYON's PET" (Hardy) on a 2/0 hook	A GAME PIE 'bitofgreentealandgoose" freestyle on a n° 8 hook	A freestyle "PHEASANTGOOSEDUCKANDPARTRIDGE" wetfly on a n° 8 hook
'a simple' "BEAUFORTH MOTH" by Hardy on a 2/0 hook	a "REDCOPPERANDGOOSE" (freestyle wet) on a n° 8 hook	A 'long/broad/short' "SILVER DOCTOR" (Pryce Tannatt) on 3/0 lenghtned 'bronze' hook
a 'TRIO' of special "GREY GOOSES AND COPPER" include ONE little 'SIXTEEN'	A special "GREY GOOSE AND COPPER" wet fly for Marc (Monquarter) on a n° 8 hook	A special "GREY GOOSE AND COPPER" on a 2/0 hook ...giftfly for Marc (Monquarter)
A perhaps strange looking "YELLOWPHEASANTANDARADUCK" on a n° 8 hook (freestyle)	"THE PURPLE PEE-WIT n°3" (out of MALONE's book) - old river MOURNE pattern	A TOLFREY 'one' : "THE ASSASIN" on a 4/0 hook
A simple "GREY AND PEACOCK" wet (freestyle) on a n° 8 hook	A strange looking "WORMALD" (Maxwell) on a 3/0 a 4/0 heavy iron	'a simple "RED PHEASANT" on a n° 8 hook
A couple of tinny "SAILOR's" (William Murdoch - Fishing Gazette) 'old' summer Dee pattern !	a TRIO of "YELLOW PEACOCK's" on n° 8 hook	a 'small' IRISH "JUDY OF THE BOGS nr. 2" - n° 2 hook untapered - out of the book by MALONE !
a 2011 "THE ROBBIE" (fishinggazette 1 march 1884 William Murdoch - George ROBBIE	'A freestyle' "HERON&GOOSE&BROWN MALLARD" on a n° 8 hook	A "SILVER CLARET" 3/0 (out of Malone's book)
A obscure "LEIGHTON's FAVORITE" (Hardy) on a 3/0 a 4/0	A different winged TRIO of classic 'GREENWELL GLORY's" on a n° 10 hook (Canon Greenwell)	a 'set' of the most simply SALMON FLY pattern ...'Irish' "ARRAN BLUE" on a 1/0 hook and n° 6
A 'DUO' of "TEDDY's FAVORITTE's" (Hale version) on a 3/0 hook	A 'DUO' of different "DARK ROSALEEN's" (out of the book by E.J. MALONE) - 2/0 hook	A couple of "RED and GOOSE's" freestyle WETS on n° 8 hook (a surplus on my serie of white tip goose
"THE BALLATER" (Freddie Riley) from the 1977 edition of Pryce Tannat 'How to Dress Salmon Flies' on	my rendition of a "ROY NEAL" (Hardy & Kelson) on a 4/0 hook	a "PINK and GOOSE" freestyle wet on n° 8 hook
My rendition at "THE KENDLE" (Hardy and Kelson) by BASIL FIELD on a big stout 3/0 hook	A small & little "MILLAIS FLY" (MALLOCH) - William Brown for his friend artist MILLAIS	a "UNIVERSAL" or "GENTLE UNIVERSAL" ..."BLACKER UNNAMED n° 11" on a 3/0 a 4/0 hook
A 'tinny' DONKEY - "JACKASS" by ME...to furfill my friendship to that HIGH GROUND 'Donkey Club' on d	a "SLIGHT FLUO" inspired wet fly on a n° 8 hook	A Pryce Tannat "POPHAM" 4/0 - my first - and one who didn't managed to be good enough for BUD and WI
A 'BITS OF YELLOW AND GREY AND OLIVE" on a n° 8 wet fly hook	A 'BIT OF YELLOW AND OLIVE AND GREY' on a wet hook n°8	A little monster "Blacker N° 1 for THE NESS" on a small 1/0 hook
a 'GREY and PALE' something - wet fly on a n° 8 hook	a 'fishy' COUPLE of Irish "INCHIQUIN'S" on a smaller than 1/0 hook	A handfull of "CHENEY's (ish) Bergman wets on a n° 8 hook
One out of the 'Fishing Gazette 1900' - "The BLACK AND ORANGE JOINTER" on a 3/0 hook (Frank HEARN)	a "BLOODRED & GREY" fishingfly on a n° 8 hook	another 'primeur' on this forum : the "ORANGE GUINEA HEN" (by HARDY) on a 3/0 hook
a true built wing "GREEN ISLANDER" (John Dunbar) on a 2/0 hook	"a BITYELLOWANDGREEN" on a n° 8 - classic styled wet fly	A Mrs. "ROBINSON" by HARDY and not by SIMON AND GARFUNKEL ! héhé
"the SACELLE" (HARDY) on a 2/0 Phillips JONES hook	DELTA DESIGN fly - my "STILL BLUE" on a 3/0 a 4/0	another BLACKER fly : "RIVER TAY n° 2"
a couple of BLACKERS '4th fly for the river BANN" fly recipes 1842	"a GOLDEN MARCH BROWN" classic wet fly on n° hook	"WINDY CHAPELS" freestyle for Karli Rae on a 3/0
My 'own' BLACKER(ish) styled natural FLY on a 1/0 hook	A "SILVER FAIRY" ( a classic Bergman) on a n° 8 hook	A "BLUE/BLACK AND WHITE" wet DUCK fly (freestyle) on a n° 8 hook
a "PEACOCK and TURKEY oliv(ish) & Yellow(ish)" on a n° 8 Kamasan wet - freestyle classical wet !	"The MUNRO" (Bergman classic wet) on a n° 8 hook	A "COPPER AND GROUSE" wet fly on a n° 8
a "YELLOW COACHMAN" on a n° 8 hook (Bergman pattern plate 9)	'penalisation' "RED ROVER" on a 2/0 Noble DS	A little "QUEEN ON ICE" (continueing ICE TIDE hype) freestyle WET on a n° 8
A tinny "BITTER(N) GREEN" MOM(ish) wet on a n° 6 hook and and and...	A "BITTER(N) GREEN" on a 2/0 fishinghook for CHARLIE VESTAL	"OSTRICH and EMPEROR" freestyle wet on a n° 8
"GROOSE&GOOSE&HARE" free style WET fly on a n° 8	"GROUSE&GOOSE&HARE" freestyle WET fly on a n° 8	my "GROUSE and COPPER" - a 'MOM' style fly
"the CORRIE FLY" (Veniards 500 flydressings) European wet fly on a n° 8 hook	'THE SUNDAL BLACKish' on reworked and now a bit longish 1/0	A "BROOKIE FINN(ish)" on a n° 8 - last fly of 2010
my "CHRISTMAS FLY 2010" from the heart on a 4/0	A "FUNKY Mc. LAIN" n° 8 wetfly	my "Mc.INTYERE" 3/0 (second last fly for 2010)
the "PEACOCK and WHITE" (own creature) on n° 8 hook	"The JOHN SPENCER(ish)" n° 8 (European classic WET fly) Veniards book	a 'TOM TICKLER' (Hardy) 3/0
a "FLAMINGO" for the razor	"SALLIE SCOTT ish" (R. Bergman) n° 8 hook	THE 'LADY BELLE' (by Hardy and Kelson) - 3/0
"CASKSTRENGHTAFTERSOMERSET" (size 1 - 10 times long)	"THE BOYNE" 2/0 (originated by O'GORMAN and discribed in Ted MALONE's his book)	'the YELLOW DUN' n° 8 (out of the book by VENIARD 500 fly dressings)
"THE WRACK" on 3/0 hook (Terry GRIFFITHS) out of the 1977 Pryce Tannat book How to Dress Salmon Flie	'A GOLDEN PLOVER fly' on n° 8 hook (own pattern)	'The NORE n°3" (by Mr. STAPLE's from Ireland) - on a 1/0 a 2/0 hook
A 'TRIPLE BEER PIKER'	'the ALEXANDRA' (Veniard book 1980) on a n° 8 standard wet fly hook	'The ORANGEMAN n° 2" (out of the book by E.J MALONE) 3/0 hook
At longlast a 'BRITTANIA' on a 3/0 Brittania hook by 'our hookmeister'	the 'COLONEL DOWNMAN's FANCY" on a n° 8 hook (book by VENIARD 500 fly dressings 1980)	'THE SILVER CANARY' (out of the book by Ted MALONE) 3/0 another 'mohair' salmon fly !
"the NORA CRIENA" 2/0 (out of the book E.J MALONE)	"The DEMON" n° 8 (classic European WET fly out of VENIARDS book)	'The BLACK FAIRY' (out of MALONE's book) 1/0
The "THUNDER and LIGHTNING" (Irish) 2/0 (out of Ronn Alcott book)	a "DRUM GROUSE" 1/0 - (Drum series) - 19 months after my first attempt	A "SILVER and GREY" 3/0 (Price Tannat version)
the "KINGSMILL" (TC Kingsmill MOORE) on n° 8	a "GOLD AND OLIVE" SALMON fly 2/0 (in relation with my own wet fly pattern)	a "PARMACHENE BELLE" on a n° 8 hook
my beautyful "ICE QUEEN" on a gigantic 7/0	A 'GOLDANDOLIVE' natural freestyle n° 8	a "BELGIUM PATRIOTIC" 3/0 (freestyle)
"the HECKHAM SILVER" n° 8 (Veniard book by William Murdoch)	the "SNOW FLY" (Hardy) on a 3/0 Lucas hook	The 'sister' of my other SHERBROOK 2/0 (this time KELSON version)
My attempt to a "DOUBLE TAKE" (David Gotzmer) on Lucas Phillips Jones 3/0	"The FRANCIS FRANCIS fly' n° 8 and a CBO GREY GOOSE (copper black orange grey goose)	"TEAL AND GREEN" (Veniards 1980) n° 8
"THE VERO" (for the river DEE) by William Murdock 1/0	The "DR. WATSON" N° 8 (out of the Veniard book 1980)	'a GOLDEN OLIVE' n° 8 (Veniard book 1980)
My 'the CHILDERS' 3/0 (Price-Tannat version)	a William BLACKER ..."BROWN FLY" 2/0	'The DR. DONALDSON' on a 3/0 Philip Jones
'a SHERBROOK' at last... 2/0	"THE GRANNOM" (wet version) on N° 8	"THE HALF STONE" (Devonshire classic/traditional (wet version) - n°14
"THE WHITE AND SILVER FLY" 3/0 (A.H CHAYTOR) out of the book : LETTERS TO A SALOMON FISHER's SONS	"THE WILD IRISH MAN" 3/0	MALLARD and YELLOW (unnamed) n° 8
"THE NUMBER 21." (THOMAS STODDART)	THE "ERNE RANGER"	The "RORY ROSS" on a 2/0 (JOHN JAMES HARDY)
" The Mc. KENZIE" 3/0 (by J.J. HARDY)	"European DUNKELD" n° 8	'MY old BELGIUM GRUB(like) FLY - eyed 2/0 hook
'THE SWEEP(ish)' 1/0 (J.J. HARDY)	'the BLOODY BUTCHER' n° 8 (varitation)	The CINNAMON AND GOLD n° 8
'a classic European' "INVICTA" n° 8	"the TAITE's FANCY" (Hardy & Kelson...by TAITE) 3/0	"THE WELSHMAN's FAIRY" 3/0 (by Hardy)
"The FORSYTH" by HARDY 3/0	"The DUSTY MILLER(ish)" 3/0 Pryce Tannatt (Col.Dewhurst)	"THE POLICEMAN" 5/0 Francis Francis (by James Davidson)
'lowwaterish' classic wets PETER ROSS and MALLARD AND CLARET CS10/1 size 4	THE BRORA 3/0 a 4/0 (by Fredrick HILL)	a 'classic PETER ROSS' by the Lord
my PURPLE EMPEROR homework 2/0	ORIGINAL MUSTAD OPEN "BLUE CHARM" 2/0 eyed - 'new'	MALLARD AND CLARET by the 'Lord'
BLUE CHARM 2/0 eyed hook 'low waterish(ish) look'	"THE CHOCKER" KELSON (Reverend GH NALL) 1/0	The BELL IRVINE (BELL IRVING) 3/0 - a old Dee pattern
"THE PRIEST" for the river THURSO by Francis Francis 2/0	a 'longish' SIR RICHARD 3/0 (after one year !)	THE "ST. BERNARD" (Picadilly) by Benards 1/0
"THE GULA" 3/0 a 4/0 Fraser Sandeman	"THE KITTY" for the river Lochy 1/0	A 'trio' of GREEN PARSONS (Malone) 'low water style'
my "SANTA CLAUS" fly 2/0	A 'couple' of EMPRESSES 3/0 hooks	M.ROGAN's "BALLYSHANNON" 3/0 a 4/0
A couple of SILVER BLUE's 1/0 and smaller	GALLINIPPER (Hardy & KELSON) 1/0 a 2/0	MYSTERY (Kelson&Hardy...by Michael Maher)
DREADNOUGHT 2/0 (Price Tannatt)	THE THISTLE (KELSON) on a 2/0	the SNAREHILL (by Frederick HILL) on a 3/0
BLACK AND TEAL 2/0 (Francis Francis)	THE ROYAL (for the river Tay) Francis Francis by Waltham	BLUE OVER BLACK or William Bass (Kelson)
CAMPBELL for the river Esk - 3/0	BANN OLIVE 'Low water style' on CS10/3 1/0	"JOCK SCOTT" 3/0
GLADSWOOD 3/0 old 'Forrest and Sons' pattern	BLUE CHARM 2/0 a 3/0	PANKINJOHTAJA WASASTJERNA (Finnish 'old' pattern on a 2/0
TRAHERNE's WONDER - 3/0 longish	HOLLANDS FANCY (by Kelson)	KILLARNEY AND TAY (W. Blacker)
'GOLDEN DROP' (Kelson)	'The LORNE' (Bernard ...book Kelson)	DUSTY MILLER(ish) 3/0 (Pryce Tannatt)
A 'ROBBIE' for my first frame (4th atempt)	RED SPOTTED LADY DUCK	'take' 3 and 'final' shot at my 'ROBBIE'
My efforts on my redo on 'THE ROBBIE'	'the ROBBIE' (George ROBBIE - fishing Gazette 1884)	GOLDEN CANARY for a river in NORWAY (KELSON)
A pure natural MEG IN HER BRAWS	my SIR RICHARD	my "RAY MEAD"
BLACKER N° 2 UNNAMED	SUNDAL BLACK (variation)	THUNDER & LIGHTNING
GOLDEN OLIVE	DOLLY VARDEN (silver bodied broad)	NAMSEN
ADIRONDACK	HELMSDALE (Veniard pattern 1970) not confusing with HELMSDALE Doctor or improved HELMSDALE	NIGHTHAWK (by Veniard 1970)
BITTERN 'bird of Michel'	SMOKEY DUN (strupwing by Veniard)	DRUM HERON
The 'Lords Grey GOOSE and COPPER	DRUM JAY	drum MOONSHINE
snipe and brown partridge flymph	goose&starling flymph + others	'charming' DRUM CHARM ?
DRUM 'Grouse'	DRUM MIST on EATON & DELLER REEL	ONE TURN MORE 'Snipe & Purple'
LOGIE converted SPEY from above	LOGIE converted Spey	LOGIE
'Try LOGIE'	HOPPER's FRY (by 'The Lord alias Geraldsherbrook)	HOPPER'S FRY by 'the Lord' alias geraldsherbrook
redo of my Blue Charm (now a couple)	a sor of 'Mist' by Marvin Nolte	blue charm

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